186 THE DIPTERA-BRACUYCERA OF TASMANIA, 



Cyrtomorpha paganica, Sp. nov. (Fig. 30). 



Antennse, frcnt, and thorax black, the thorax bearing 

 dense, pale yellow pubescence ; abdomen black, with hind- 

 margins of all !»egnientsj dark yellow; legs bright yellow, 

 the tarsi brownish at the tips; w:ngs hyaline. 



Length, 4.5 mm, 



Hab. Mangalore. 



'■ Male. Face orange-brown ; proboscis black. Front 

 brownish-black, with a long median furrow. Eyes bare, 

 separated, but not very widely. Antennae black, of the 

 form described under the generic characters. Thorax black, 

 covered with dense, upright, pale yellow pubescence, but 

 without any sign of bristles. Abdomen black, with hind- 

 margins of all segments dark yellow, the yellow margins 

 being broadest on the apical segments, the whole bearing 

 short depressed yellowish-white pubescence on dorsum, and 

 fairly long, similarly-coloured pubescence on sides. Legs 

 with femora yellow, brownish at the base, tibiae clear yel- 

 low, tarsi yellow with the tips brownish, all the joints being 

 absolutely without bristles. Wings hyaline, veins yellow. 

 Halteres pale yellow. 



This specie?^ bears more resemblance to the (JyrfidcB than 

 to the Bomhylida', but may be distinguished by the vena- 

 tion, and by the absence of the large squamae that are char- 

 acteristic of the former family. 



C. paganica is at present known from only a single speci- 

 men, which was taken in flight by myself on January 31. 

 1913. 



41. Geron, Meig. (Fig. 31). 



Humpbacked flies, with a narrow, conical abdomen, both 

 thorax and abdomen bearing dense pubescence; wings 

 with three posterior cells only. 



Head set low down in front of the greatly arched thorax. 

 Proboscis long, about three times the length of head. Palpi 

 very short. Eyes joined in male, separated in female. 

 Antennae a little longer than the head, the first joint thin, 

 more than twice the length of the second, the third about 

 the length of the first and second together, evenly pointed. 

 Thorax much arched, and bearing long pubescence. Abdo- 

 men nan'ow and conical, bearing long pubescence. Legs 

 long and slender, the tibiae with a few very short bristles. 

 Wings with three posterior cells, which are all open; anal 

 cell closed ; cubital vein with a large fork, which embrace® 

 the wing-tip. 



